Machine for making cigarette-tubes.



No. 766,035. 7 PATENTED JULY 26,.1904. J. c. HANSEN-ELLBHAMMER. MACHINE FOR MAKING CIGARETTE TUBES.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 25, 1902.

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MACHINE FOR MAKING CIGARETTE TUBES.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 25, 1902.

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' APPLICATION FILED JAN. 25, 1902.

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No. 766,035. PATENTED JULY 26, 1904. J. G. HANSEN-ELLEHAMMER. MACHINE FOR MAKING CIGARETTE TUBES.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 25, 1902.

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N0 MODEL.

No. 766,035. PATENTED JULY 26, 1904.

J. C. HANSEN-ELLEHAMMER. MACHINE FOR MAKING CIGARETTE TUBES.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 25, 1902.

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WITNESSES: @j] IN VENTOH 63 Cffilidfll ZZ/ehm/ner ATTORNEYS.

7 UNITED STATE I Patented July 26, 1904.

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MACHINE FOR MAKING CIGARETTE-TUBES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 766,035, dated July 26, 1904.

' Application filed January 25, 1902. Serial NQrQLZZO- (No modelfi To a. whom, it may concern:

'Be it known that I, J ACOB CHRISTIAN HAN- SEN-ELLEHAMMER, mechanical engineer, residing at 99 Istedgade, Copenhagen. in the Kingdom of Denmark, have invented certain Improvements in Machines for Making Cigarettes, of which the following is a specification.

In the machines for making cigarettes hitherto known and where the tubes are filled one by one the manufacture of the tubes is generally eifected by mean-s of an apparatus placed at a greater or smaller distance from the cigarette-machine, and the tubes must therefore in some way or other be transported fromthe tube-making apparatus to the cigarette-machine.

The aim of the present invention is to avoid all intermediate stages between the tube-making and tube-filling device, which result is obtained by making the tube-filling apparatus movable either upward or sidewise and capable of placing the tube simultaneously with the folding of the paper direct onto the outlet-spout of the tube-filling device. When the .paper tube after having been placed upon the said spout is cut/off to its proper length, the tube-making apparatus is automatically moved out-of the way, leaving the paper tube free on the spout. The tube is now filled and removed, whereupon the tube-making apparatus is moved back to its first position ready for the next cigarette. This arrangement may be used for tubes whose edges are connected by folding, as well as for tubes whose edges are stuck-together by means'of an agglutinant. r

The accompanying drawings illustrate a constructional form for a tube-filling apparatus of the said kind and where the edges of the tubes are in known manner connected by folding.

Figures 1 and 2 show the device in side elevation in two different positions. Fig. 3 shows the same seen in top plan view. Fig. 4 represents the same in end elevation. Fig. 5' is a section on the line A B of Fig. 1, and. Figs. 6 to 17 are details. Figs. 18 and 19 are detail views of a tobacco-filler mechanism adapted to supply a length of filler tobacco to'the molds which operate-to place the to bacco filler in the tube.

a is a table upon which are placed the molds Z) and 6 is fixed, While 0 is capable of movingalong guide rails d by means of a rod 6, which is connected with a lever h, fulcrumed on a fixed pinfand provided with a slot 6. A pin on upon the lever is glides in the slot "5. When the lever 71' with its handle 72 is moved to the right about its pivot g, Fig. 3. the pin m glides in the slot 6, which for a portion of its length is concentric with the pin 9, on which the lever Z; can be turned. During this part of the movement of the lever it, therefore, the lever it and the mold 0 will remain quiet. The right end 0 of the slot i-varies in a suitable manner from the above-mentioned concentric arrangement, and when the pin m glides into this part of the slot thelever it will swing around the pin fand the mold 0 moves away from the mold b. When the handle a is moved to the left, the above-described movements will take place in reversed order.

The fixed mold b carries the spout 9, upon which the cigarette-tubes are pushed when they are'to be filled.

The tubes are made by means of a mandrel q and two rollers r and .9, Figs. 6, 8, and 9. The roller r has exactly the same diameter as the mandrel g and is located in a slot therein, it being-revoluble on a spindle t. The roller is fixedly mounted upon a revolving shaft a and arranged so as only to touch the roller 7'. The rollers 7' and s are provided with fluted peripheries to afiord good gripping engagement with the paper.

The mandrel q is attached to a plate 2;, which in its turn isfixed to an angle-piece w, Figs. 5, 7, and- 8. This latter plate is mounted upon an-angle-shaped plate w and can be suitably adjusted in a vertical direction by means of screws 3/ and held in position by means of a screw 2. By raising or lowering the anglepiece the mandrel q and the roller may be adjusted with relation to the roller 8, Whose axle rests in bearings Z in the plate 00.

The plate 02 is arranged so as to be capable of turning upon an axle 2, carried by a bracket 3, firmly fixed to the table a. WVhen the plate n2 is turned to bring the mandrel qinto ahorizontal position, "said mandrel will be exactly level with and in front of the spout 2. In this position of the plate to, Fig. 1, a spring 4 between the plate and the bracket 3 is compressed. The rear end of the plate carries an adjustable weight 5 and a fork 6, which serves to guide the paper band 7, from which the cigarette-tubes are made. The paper is wound upon a revolving drum 8, from which it is led over a very elastic fork 9 and then over the guiding-fork 6 to a Cornet-shaped funnel 10 upon the rear end of the mandrel q, Figs. 8 and 11. This funnel has on the inside two guidingsurfaces 11, along which the edges of the paper band 7 are adapted to slide and which serve to bend the edges of the paper band around the mandrel before the paper is received into a still narrower funnel 1'2, placed upon the mandrel g in front of the rollers s and '1'.

The edges of the funnel 12 are somewhat overlapping, as shown in Fig. 10, which is a section on the line "0 Def Fig. 9. The "edges of the paper band 7 are thereby bent over each other before they reach the rollers '1" and s, and by being pressed together in passing between these rollers the-paper band 7 will form a tube 16, from which the suitable lengths are cut.

The shaft a, carrying the roller .9, which is adapted toadvance the paper band 7, ismounted in bearings Z uponthe plate a: an'clis' turned by means of a cord 13 or the like, wound around a rope-pulley 14, the latter being mounted on the shaft u in such a manner that said ropepulley turns when the shaft itself is turned in the direction'indicated by the arrow 15 by means of theeord 13, while said pulley will run loosely on the shaft or when the pulley is moved in the opposite direction.

turned in the direction indicated by the arrow 15, the pin 19 will strike against the pawl 18, and thus turn the disk 17 and the shaft 11. When, however, the pulley 14 is turned the opposite way, the pin 19 is free to pass over the elastic pawl 18 by pressing itdown into a groove 20 in the disk 17.

The movement of the plate :20 around the axle 2 is guided by means of the following contrivance: Upon the rear end of the shaft.

to is firmly mounted a disk forming a 'cam 21, (see Figs. 3, 5, 15, 16, and 17,) which disk is caused to turn with theshaft a. Thiscam21 is provided with a spiral-shaped edge 22, forming an open curve. Alongside the cam 21 is The cord 13 is connected with the lever 70 in such a manner that the advancing movement of the formed tube 16 is accomplished by the same arranged a rocking angle-lever, one arm 23 of which lever carries two pins 24 and 25,

which encompass the edge 22'of the cam.

(See Fig. 17, which is a section on the line G H of Fig 16.)

When the plate a: occupies the position shown in Fig. 2, the cam 21 assumes the po sition shown in Fig. 15, in which the pins 24 and 25 encompass the outermost part of the edge '22. The shaft or is turned in the direction indicated by the arrow 26 in Fig. 15, and the edge 22 will consequently travelbetween the two pins 24 and 25. Owing to the peculiar shape of the edge 22, the cam 21 is adapted to pull the shaft a downward until the cam assumes the position shown in Fig. 16, in which position the pins encompass the innermost end of the edge 22 of said cam, and at this time the late a; assumes the position shown in Fig. As soon as th'epin 24 passes outside the edge 22 of the eam the latter is released, and thereupon the 'cam 21, with the shaft u and the plate as, will under the action of the spring 4 nio'veupwardly, the long pin '25 traveling along the radial edge 27 of the cam '21 until the edge 22 is caught by the pin '24 at the moment that the plate magain assumes the position shown in Fig.2, whereupon the angl'elever, actuated by the heavy arm 28, falls'ov er i-n-tothe position shown in Fig. 15, in which position the pin 25 is outside the edge 22 of "the cam. Two pins 29 and 30 limit the movement of the angle-lever, the arms of which are indicated by 23 28.

The above d-es'cribed means for guiding the movement of the plate as around the axle 2 renders'i't necessary for the shaft u to make a complete revolution while the plate 00 swings once up and down, and as the swinging of the plate :0 takes place each time a new cigarettetube is placed upon the spout'p the circum fe'rence of the rollers, which is turned together with the cam 21, must be exactlyequal to the length of one cigarette-tube. As the shaft to is turned by the rope-pulley 14 the latter must consequently also make exactly one revolution for each swinging movement of the plate m back and forth.

The rope-pulley 14 is loosely mounted upon the shaft a. (See Figs. 13 and 14, the latter being a section on the line E F of 1 3.) The pulley 14 is provided with a cavity -81, in which is lodged a spiral spring 32, whose ends are fastened, respectively, to one of a series of pins 5 5 upon the flange 34 and to the pulley 14. The spring 32 is mounted in such a manner that it is tightened when the rope-pulley is turned in the direction of the arrow 15, during which turning movement of the rope-pulley the shaft ais rotated on its axis. When thepord 1B is slackened, the spring 32 will turn the rope-pulley in the opposite direction; butthe pulley does not turn the shaft 10 when it turns in "the described backward direction.

In order to limit the rotary movement of the rope-pulley, a pin 33 is fixed on the inner side of the pulley, Figs. 3 and-12, which pin strikes against a stop 35 upon the flange 34. As the pin33 is intended to arrest the turning of the rope-pulley exactly in the same place when it turns in either direction, the stop 35 is pivoted on a pin 36. carried on the pulley 34, (see Fig. 12.) and the adjustment of the stop is limited by two pins 37 and 38, secured to the flange 34. The plateau carries a projecting arm 39, which is provided with a flange 41, which is provided with a sharp edge 40, that forms a knife, the latter being disposed close to the path of the rolled tube 16 when it is pushed forward by the movement of the rollers. I

The flange 41 carries a knife 42, which is pivoted by a pin 43, Figs. 1 to 4, and this knife is connected with the one arm of a double lever 44, fulcrumed on a pin 45 upon the table a, the other arm of the lever 44 being connected to the movable mold c.

The connection between the lever 44 and the knife 42 is effected by means of a rod, 46, hooked into a hole in the knife 42 and having its other end fixed in a block 4", capable of turning upon the lever 44. v The rod 46 can consequently turn freely in all directions without in any way impeding the movement of the knife, which is carried by the arm 39.

The connection between thelever 44- and the mold is effected by means of a pin 48, fixed on the mold and projecting into a slot 49 in the lever 44. The machine works in the following manner: Starting from the position shown in Fig. 2, in which thelever Z; is supposed to be moved to the right, the cord 13 passes over a guide-pulley 51 and turns the rope-pulley in the direction indicated by the arrow 15. The rope-pulley, by means of the pin 19 and the pawl 18, turns the disk 17'and the SlIflfBLLJVlIQIQbX the rollers will be turned, and this roll 8 cooperates withthe roller r to roll the edges of the paper band 7 At the same time the finished paper tube will be pushed out over the edges of the two knives 41 and 42, which have just severed the finished cigarette-tube fed thereto and to-the spout 12. By an inspection of Figs. 3 and 4 it will be evident that the shear-cutter-formed by the knives 41 and 42 are open during the movement to the right of the lever 7: the pin m traveling in the curved slot 2', whereby the mold 0 is held in the closed position. The shear-cutter 41 42 will consequently not be in the way of the paper tube 16 when it is being pushed forward. When the shaft 20 turns, the edge 22 of the cam 21 passes between the pins 24 and 25 as said cam moves in the direction of the arrow 26 in Fig. 15. During the period that the first part of the cam edge 22 passes between the pins the shaft a slowly sinks down, and during the latter part of the rotation of the cam said shaft will assume and remain in the position shown in Fig. 1, in which the tube 16 is exactly in front of the spout p,'onto which it is adapted to be pushed. The shear-cutter 41 42 remains in the open position, the pin on still moving in the curved slott'of the lever. When the tube 16 is pushed completely upon the spout p, the rotation of the roller 8 is arrested by the pin 33, Fig. 12, on' the rope-pulley striking against the stop 35, and this stop-is carried over against the pin 37 upon the fixed disk 34. The handle a and the lever 1 6, however, still move a little to the right, which movement is rendered possible by a spring 52, inserted between the cord 13 and the lever it". During this latter part of the movement of the lever k the pin m moves in the slot 0, and the lever it Will therefore turn in the direction indicated by the arrow 53, Fig. 3. The mold 0 moves away from the mold 1), thereby turning the lever 44 and carrying the knife 42 over toward the knife 41, so that the tube 16 between the shear-cutter is severed and the prepared cigarette-tube 50 remains upon the spout p. The plate wremains in the position shown in Fig. 1, in which it is held by the stretched cord 13, the point of pull of said cord being in front of the axle 2. When the handle a is again moved to the left, the pin on travels in the slot 0 and turns the lever it backwardly, so that the mold c is closed and the cutter 41 42 is-opened, while the spring. 52 contracts: The plate 00 will now return to. the position shown in Fig. 2, because it is actuated partly by the spring 4 and partly by the weight 5. The pins 24 and 25 do not prevent this rocking movementof theplate m, as they occupy the position shown in Fig. .16 with relation to the edge 22 of the the cam 21. During the further movement to the left of the handle 12 the rope-pulley 14 is turned in the direction opposite to the one indicated by the arrow 15, said rope-pulley being actuated by the spring 32. This turning of the ropepulley will continue without turning the shaft 20 until the. pin 33 again strikes against the stop and carries the latter over toward the pin 38. The rope-pulley 14 has now turned back a complete revolution and isagain in its normal position, in which the pin 19 bears against the pawl 18. While the rope-pulley 14 is turning backwarchthe cigarette-tube is perfectly free and can be filled with tobacco and removed by suitable appliances which are not contemplated by the present invention, such filling and removal of the cigarette being efiected before the plate a" and the new tube 16 again assume the position in front of the spout p. v y

In order to prevent the edges of the-front end of the tube 16 from sticking together after it shall have been severed by the cutter, so

that the tube can not slide upon the spoutp,

the front end of the mandrel q is provided with two elastic wires 54 or the like,.whose extreme front ends just reach the shears 41 42. During the operation of cutting the tube the points of the wires are bent toward each other; but as soon as the cutting of the tube 16 takes place the wires will, on account of their elasticity, move apart, and thus open the closed ends of the tube.

The lever It can be moved by hand through means of thehandle 11.; but it may as a matter of course also be moved by the means of a motor.

Any suitable type of tube-filler mechanism may be employed to place the charge or filler of tobacco in the completed paper tube-such, for example, as those previously patented by me in Patents Nos. 700,040 and 702,206.

To enable others to understand the present invention, I have shown the relation of certain parts of the tube-filling mechanism to my present improvements by Figs. 1, 2, 3, 18, and 19 of the drawings, wherein the tobacco-filler molds are indicated at b c. The tobacco is conveyed to the molds by an apron 50, which is coiled on a drum 51 and is led. over an inclined table 52. This apron passes around a guide-sheave 53, and it is led in a backward direction to a spool or drum 5t, on which the end of the apron is adapted to be coiled,owing to the rotation of said drum by a suitable pawl-and-ratchet feed mechanism, (indicated partly at 55 in Fig. 18.) The tobacco is discharged from the apron 50 onto a table 56 when said apron 50 passes around the roller 53, as shown by Fig. 19. The tobacco filler is advanced across the table 56 into the path of the knife 57, which is carried by a verticallymovable plunger 58, and when the molds b c are opened this plunger is operated by suitable mechanism, so as to lower the knife 57, thereby cutting off a proper quantity of tobacco to form a charge from the layer of tobacco advanced by the apron across the table. Said charge of tobacco is forced by the plunger into the molds, and when the latter are closed the tobacco charge is shaped and pressed ready for delivery into the spout p, by which the charge is directed into the paper tube.

Having now particularly described the nature of the said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is- 1. In a machine for making cigarettes, the combination with a filling mechanism, of a tubeforming mechanism movable as a whole to a position in register with said filling mechanism, and means for shifting the tubeforming mechanism to a disalined or nonregistering position relative to said tube-filling mechanism.

2. In a machine for making cigarettes, the

combination with a filling mechanism, of a tube-forming mechanism shiftable to positions into and out of register with said filling mechanism and tube-feeding mechanism operable to advance the tube with respect to the tube-forming mechanism when the latter is in register with said filling mechanism.

3. In a machine for making cigarettes, the combination with a filling mechanism, of a shiftable carrier arranged adjacent to said filling mechanism, a tube-forming mechanism mounted on and shiftable with said carrier, and means whereby the carrier may be shifted back and forth and adjusted to bring the tube-forming mechanism into register with said filling mechanism.

4. In a machine for making cigarettes, the combination with a filling mechanism, of a shiftable' carrier, a tube-forming mechanism mounted on said carrier, and a tube-feeding mechanism occupying normally an operative relation to the tube-forming mechanism; said forming and feeding mechanisms being shift able with the carrier to advance a completed tube to said filling mechanism at the proper time.

5. In a machine for making cigarettes, the combination with a filling mechanism, of a pivotally-mounted carrier shiftable with relation to said filling mechanism, and a complete tube forming and a feeding device supported on said carrier.

6. In a machine for making cigarettes, the combination with a filling mechanism, of a rocking carrier mounted to turn on a horizontal axis and disposed adjacent to said filling mechanism, a tube-forming mechanism on said carrier, a tube-feeding mechanism,

means for operating said tube-feeding mechanism, and means for automatically rocking said carrier and the devices supported thereon.

7. In a machine for making cigarettes, the combination with a filling mechanism, of a shiftable carrier, tube forming and feeding devices mounted on said carrier, means for operating the tube-feeding device, and a cam driven from a part of the tube-feeding devices and having operative connection with said carrier to automatically change the position of the latter and means for operating the filling mechanism to fill the tube.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JACOB CHRISTIAN HANSEN-ELLEHAMMER.

v Witnesses:

S. HOFMAN BANG, J. C. JAooBsEN. 

